Skirt-gage.



' A. McCLINTOCK.

SKIRT GAGE.

APPLICATION FILE D MAR. 16, 19KB 1,295,336. Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

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L Z A? INVENTOR 142 2220 MW/wiw/fi ATTOR N EY T SATES SKIRT-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed March 16, 1918. Serial No. 222,888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALMA MoCmN'rooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Salem, in the county of La Crosse and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt- Gages, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to an apparel gage and particularly to a gage for obtaining in an easy manner the proper length of womens skirts and has for its object to provide an accurate, simple, and sure means over which the bottom edge of a skirt may be turned when forming the hem and so insure accuracy and evenness in the length of the skirt.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a device of this character a standard mounted upon a base which may be readily moved over the floor to any point desired and provided with a longitudinal scale over which a horizontal arm is adapted to be moved longitudinally of the standard to any height desired as indicated by the scale and be fixed at such point so that the arm projecting from one side of the Stand; ard will be in position to form a guide and gage over which the hem of the skirt may be folded.

With the above objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the apparel gage in position for use.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the tandard on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the base of the gage which may be circular, elliptical, or of other form in outline and preferably fiat as shown. This base is preferably of metal and sufficiently heavy to maintain the gage in rigid position when in use. Projecting upwardly from the center of the base 10 is a stud 11 exteriorly threaded as shown to screw into the bottom of a standard 12. This standard for the greater part of its length is flat on opposite sides as shown in Fig. 3 and formed with a central longitudinal slot 13 for a purpose to be described later. At its lower end for a short distance above the base 10, the standard is enlarged and preferably made cylindrical as at 14 to provide a threaded opening for the reception of the stud 11. One or both sides of the standard 12 is or are furnished with a scale 15 divided into inches and fractions thereof in the manner shown.

Projecting horizontally from the standard 12 is an arm 16, one end of which is folded around the standard as at 17 to form an eye or sleeve by means of which the arm is guided as it moves from end to end of the standard. Through this end of the arm 16 is formed a perforation for a headed bolt 18 that passes through the slot 13 in the standard and has a thumb nut 19 by means of which the arm may be clamped to the standard at any height from the floor desired. The arm 16 may be of any desired length, ten to twelve inches has been found to be very satisfactory, and is curved horizontally as shown in Fig. 2 on such a radius as will conform more or less to the diameter, approximately of the skirt to be gaged.

In using this gage, a skirt when ready for turning the hem at the bottom, is suitably supported, as upon a form or by the wearer herself, and the gage forming the subject matter of the present invention is moved into convenient position beside the skirt. The thumb nut 19 is now loosened and the arm 16 moved along the standard until the underside of the arm coincides with the scale marking indicating the dis tance from the ground it is desired to have the skirt terminate. The thumb nut is then tightened to hold the arm rigidly in its extended position and the lower end of the skirt folded over the arm and against the lower edge thereof and this fold secured in any suitable manner. After reaching the limit of the arm 16 the skirt is turned sufliciently to bring another portion of the skirt in position to be folded and this operation is continued until the entire hem has been turned up and temporarily fastened.

For the convenience of packing and transportation, the parts may be disassembled by unscrewing the base from the standard and withdrawing the thumb bolt 18 to permit the arm to be removed from the upper end of the standard.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A gage for the purpose set forth comprising a flat base having a central upwardly projecting threaded stud rigid with the base, a flat standard having parallel sides and a longittidinal slot fornied therein. a scale on one side thereof, and an enlarged lower end provided with a threaded opening to receive said stud and hold said standard in fixed vertical position with the bottom of its enlarged end in eontact With the top of the base, a horizontal arm made of a strip'of thin metal folded at one end upon itself to form a sleeve slidable on said standard in 10 a longitudinal direction, and a thumb nut and screw, the latter extending through said sleeve and the slot in the standard to fasten -in*presence of two Witnesses.

ALMA MGCLINTOCK.

Witnesses:

BENJAMIN Lj LARSEN, GEO. D. SPRAIN.

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